HyperDic: puerperal

English > 1 sense of the word puerperal:
ADJECTIVEpertpuerperalrelating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
English > puerperal: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaningrelating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth.
Spanishpuerperal
Nounschildbirththe parturition process in human beings
puerperaa woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
puerperiumtime period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks / shrinks / shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved

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